New console anyone?

I have been reading about the PS3 and Wii a fair bit. Any of you chaps gonna buy?

Got any good/bad stuff you have heard/seen?

14 comments ↓

#1 jez on 11.15.06 at 4:56 pm

The Wii graphics look 2 years out of date, but the tennis game alone makes it a worth while toy for the odd laugh.

I wouldmt piss on a PS3 if it was on fire due to Blueray because of the enforced regional coding which is unbreakable without serious modding.

You wont be able to play any out of country games or films. its market fixing IMHO.

Modded XBOX360 for me if at all.

#2 soop on 11.15.06 at 5:04 pm

Wii play vid
http://ms.nintendo-e.....01.swf

The controller looks like it’s worth a go.

Can you mod a 360 then? What can you get on it, XBMC??

#3 jez on 11.15.06 at 5:10 pm

Yeh pretty much you can crack it the same as the old one. It has true HD capabilities but i still think i will go for a Kiss DP600 as i dont ever play games but i want a good media player with regular updates

http://www.kiss-tech.....=600en

#4 blowfish on 11.15.06 at 5:15 pm

No Homebrew stuff on 360 yet. Can copy games now but that has no interest for me. I can’t live without my XBMC.

I think it’s interesting that 48% of consumers in the USA thought the PS3 would cost less than $300, when in fact the equivilent 360 version will cost $600. I’m not sure many pockets will stretch that far for something that has almost same level of tech as the 360.

Haven’t had a look at the PS3 or Wii properly yet. Will go see….

#5 blowfish on 11.15.06 at 5:25 pm

That Wii link was good soop - I hope it’s a success for them just for having the balls to do something different. I can definitely see it being more fun with a few people around the TV than the other consoles.

#6 soop on 11.15.06 at 5:40 pm

Hmm, I dont really need for anything more than my Xbox atm. I can see how HD would benefit Jez.

I tell you what I would like tho, a working audio sync feature. I get lots of TV progs with audio off sync and the XBMC delay/sync stuff is useless, I cant get it to work at all. I wonder if the Kiss doohickey has that kind of feature. I come to rely on the flexibility of the XBMC. I certainly use the subtitles for films like Davinci Code.

#7 soop on 11.15.06 at 5:41 pm

Erm, this is a good link for PS3/Wii madness!!
http://www.gizmodo.c.....24.php

#8 blowfish on 11.15.06 at 5:44 pm

Get the t3ch 2.01 fat build soop. The audio feature works perfectly, I use it all the time for the reasons you stated.

#9 soop on 11.15.06 at 5:58 pm

Oooh! I have one thats about a month old. Did you have probs then and this latest on fixes?? Or are you just saying this ver is ok?
Fanks anyhoo!

#10 blowfish on 11.15.06 at 6:04 pm

If you have ver 2.0 it should be ok. Works fine for me.

#11 gotham9k on 11.15.06 at 6:13 pm

I say Wii cos I can probably get one free from Mr Gorton!

#12 soop on 11.15.06 at 6:15 pm

I dont know that 2.0.1 will help me then. I have 2. It hasnt worked for ages. I wonder if I am the prob.

There are 2 sliders. delay and ?? how do you get it to work? I dont seem to be able to delay the audio that is behind the video with any accuracy.

#13 soop on 11.15.06 at 6:16 pm

hello G. Long time no posty. SOOO, free Wii party at yours then :) Oh that sounds so pervy!

#14 ferr on 11.16.06 at 1:45 am

Nope, neither one for me. I still love PC for games, I just can’t get the hang of the controllers for anything other than racing games and do I really want a T.V. in my office along with three monitors?

My old Xbox does me proud for my streaming to T.V. So I have no need to spend out this time.